Advising on quarantine and biosecurity regulations

Objective

Develop a biosecurity management plan and related training and inspection programmes to prevent the introduction of biosecurity risk material into Australia for two clients transporting equipment and modules to a large-scale LNG project in the Northern Territory.

The clients are based in the Philippines and Japan and a major hurdle is the need to change the mind-set of employees and management who are not used to dealing with quarantine regulations. These are strict as the introduction of certain pests or diseases to Australia could have major biosecurity implications for the country.

Activity

Awareness training was provided to employees and managers of suppliers, and inspections of manufacturer’s premises were carried out to ensure compliance with the biosecurity management plan drawn up by Trans Global Projects. Assistance was also provided to lodge this plan with Australian quarantine authorities.

A biosecurity manager and a quarantine specialist were also placed in-house with the Philippine and Japanese firms respectively.

The project’s success is measured in the lack of biosecurity risk material entering the country - which it continues to locate and eradicate - as well as taking preventative action to ensure Australia remains pest and disease-free.